‘I Was a Young Suburbanite and Scared of Big Cities at the Time’ - The New York Times

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Readers share personal anecdotes about moving to New York City, including a suburbanite's fear of big cities and an inside joke at a Bronx coffee cart.

Mamdani Gave These Parents a Night Off. This Is How They Spent It.
New York City offered four hours of free babysitting to hundreds of families, letting parents reconnect and finish chores uninterrupted.
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NYC’s Pied-à-Terre Owners Hunt for Creative Ways to Dodge New Tax - WSJ
NYC pied-à-terre owners are seeking creative, sometimes dubious, ways to avoid a new second-home tax, including setting up offshore entities or pretending relatives live there.
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